New Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Programs to Expedite Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA)

摘要

Completing Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action is typically a long and costly process. Three ways are presented to speed up or reduce costs in RCRA Corrective Action. A new program from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is called RCRA FIRST. This program greatly streamlines and optimizes the steps within RCRA Corrective Action. In addition, the USEPA has now included a new environmental indicator (EI) called CA550 OF. CA550 OF outlines a way to defer remedy construction at an operating facility if the remedy is within critical process units or manufacturing equipment. A third way to increase efficiency of the RCRA process is to perform a site-specific Strategy Review that evaluates new strategies resulting in the lowest life-cycle costs while achieving regulatory closure or an exit of the liability.